invented

in-vent-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense of invent; created or designed something that did not exist before.

  2. 2.

    Made up or fabricated something false.

Related words

Antonyms: copied, imitated
See also: invent, invention, inventor
Synonyms: created, designed, devised

Etymology

From Latin inventus, past participle of invenire "to come upon, find, discover," from in- "upon" + venire "to come."